Teresa SandersNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Journalist Arun Rath is the new host of the NPR newsmagazine Weekend All Things Considered. The Saturday and Sunday edition has moved its broadcast to the west coast. Rath has had a distinguished career in public media as a reporter, producer and editor, most recently as a senior reporter for the PBS series Frontline and The World ® on WGBH Boston. He has also worked for several NPR and public radio programs.NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Arun RathSat, 17 Feb 2018 05:41:42 +0000Arun Rathhttp://wvtf.org
Arun RathCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The tech industry is reshaping cities far from traditional hubs like Silicon Valley and Seattle. Today in All Tech Considered - how tech companies choose a home base and what happens to cities when the industry moves in. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SHAPIRO: First we go to Reno, Nev. It's been enjoying a tech boom for a few years. Apple and Google are building data centers there. Tesla has an aptly named Gigafactory. As NPR's Arun Rath found, homegrown startups are helping to drive Reno's tech transformation. ARUN RATH, BYLINE: Capstak is a tech startup that until recently had operations spread across San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv and Reno. They needed to consolidate. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Good. How are you? RATH: Capstak went with Reno, moving into this space called the Innevation Center, a home for startups sponsored by the University of Nevada, Reno. Michael Schnabel is Capstak's CEO. MICHAEL SCHNABEL: The university embraced us withIn Reno, Nev., Homegrown Startups Fuel Tech Transformationhttp://wvtf.org/post/reno-nev-homegrown-startups-fuel-tech-transformation
82842 as http://wvtf.orgMon, 03 Jul 2017 20:32:00 +0000In Reno, Nev., Homegrown Startups Fuel Tech TransformationArun RathCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When a member of the U.S. Armed Forces is killed in combat, someone must tell the family back home. And that duty falls to a person called a family liaison. Many people have seen that moment in the movies - the dress uniform, the knock at a mother's door. Some people have lived the experience. And then there are people who wait for any news, people whose loved ones went missing in action. When a missing Marine is finally found, the notification is done by Hattie Johnson, who let NPR's Arun Rath join her on a recent trip to Minden, Nev. ARUN RATH, BYLINE: The initial phone call is always difficult. Sometimes when Hattie Johnson is reaching out to family to tell them their loved ones remains have been found, it's been a half century since they've heard from the Marine Corps. HATTIE JOHNSON: They are suspicious if we - who we say we are. So sometimes they will say, well, give me some information, and I'll call you back. OthersThe Science Of Identifying Soldier Remainshttp://wvtf.org/post/science-identifying-soldier-remains
80302 as http://wvtf.orgMon, 29 May 2017 11:33:00 +0000The Science Of Identifying Soldier RemainsArun RathCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: The U.S. Army medic has finally received a proper burial. More than half a century ago, he was declared missing in the Korean War. His remains were recovered as an unknown soldier, and now he's been identified. NPR's Arun Rath watched as his remains came home to Holyoke, Mass. ARUN RATH, BYLINE: Korea has been called America's forgotten war, but just about everyone in Holyoke seems to remember. People lined the road from the highway to the funeral home waving flags to honor the return of the remains of Corporal Jules Hauterman, Jr. Paul Welihan, Sr. is Hauterman's cousin. But he says they were like brothers. As kids they were separated only by a hallway. PAUL WELIHAN SR: He and I grew up together, played ball together, we skated together, we did everything together. And when he went into the Army, the day he was leaving for Korea, he took me out in the hall, and he told me where he was going. He sighed. He said, you know, thereKorean War Soldier Receives Proper Burial In Mass. Hometownhttp://wvtf.org/post/korean-war-soldier-receives-proper-burial-mass-hometown
77301 as http://wvtf.orgTue, 18 Apr 2017 09:04:00 +0000Korean War Soldier Receives Proper Burial In Mass. HometownArun Rathhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLxwn5ljfg In the final months of the Obama administration, the U.S. struggled to find homes for dozens of detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But the negotiations with host nations proved complicated, and five men approved for release never made it out. To understand why, I set out to interview a released Guantanamo detainee, as part of a project in partnership with the PBS series Frontline . I traveled to Serbia and met Mansoor al-Dayfi, who had been sent to Guantanamo Bay soon after the war-on-terrorism detention facility was opened in early 2002. He now lives in a sparsely furnished apartment in Belgrade. It's small, but with a separate bedroom and kitchen and a living room with a nice view of the city. Dayfi is from Yemen but couldn't go home because of the instability there. So last July, U.S. officials sent him to Belgrade. The Serbian government set him up with a new life: an apartment, a monthly stipend and the opportunity for'Out Of Gitmo': Released Guantanamo Detainee Struggles In His New Homehttp://wvtf.org/post/out-gitmo-released-guantanamo-detainee-struggles-his-new-home
73678 as http://wvtf.orgTue, 21 Feb 2017 22:24:00 +0000'Out Of Gitmo': Released Guantanamo Detainee Struggles In His New HomeArun RathEarlier this week, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had transferred 10 more Guantanamo detainees , this time to Oman. Now, 45 remain at the facility , leaving challenges on what to do with the prisoners for President-elect Donald Trump. Back in 2009, on his third day in office, President Obama ordered the detention facilities at Guantanamo to be closed "as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order." The executive order also called for a review of the 240 detainees then held in Guantanamo. "We concluded that 126 detainees would be approved for transfer. And that means transfer to another country, with security measures," says Matt Olsen, the former head of Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force, which compiled and evaluated all the available information on the detainees. The files had never been brought together in one place. But the yearlong review also revealed how complicated the job of closing Guantanamo would be. It still wasn't clearTrump Inherits Guantanamo's Remaining Detaineeshttp://wvtf.org/post/trump-inherits-guantanamos-remaining-detainees
71309 as http://wvtf.orgThu, 19 Jan 2017 10:08:00 +0000Trump Inherits Guantanamo's Remaining DetaineesArun RathWhen Harry Selker was working as a cardiologist in the 1970s, clot-busting drugs were showing great promise against heart attacks. But their life-saving properties were very time sensitive. "If you give it within the first hour it has a 47 percent reduction of mortality; if you wait another hour, it has a 28 percent reduction; another hour, 23 percent. And people were taking about 90 minutes to make that decision," he recalls. "So they were losing the opportunity to save patients' lives." Selker envisioned a predictive tool, a kind of calculator that would help make the decision faster. He knew the data to create such a tool were already out there, from research on drugs that dissolve blood clots. "We made mathematical models and they kind of represented that comparison from those data, and that helped us make these predictive instruments. We built them into electrocardiograms," Selker says. That helped physicians make better decisions. The EKG-based predictive instruments have helpedThis Doctor Is Trying To Stop Heart Attacks In Their Trackshttp://wvtf.org/post/doctor-trying-stop-heart-attacks-their-tracks
63615 as http://wvtf.orgFri, 23 Sep 2016 17:22:00 +0000This Doctor Is Trying To Stop Heart Attacks In Their TracksArun RathThe construction of Camp 5 at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay back in 2003 was taken as a sign that the prison was there to stay — "evolving from wire mesh to concrete," as reporter Charlie Savage wrote then in The Miami Herald. But today, because of a shrinking detainee population, Camp 5 is a thing of the past. "Camp 5 at Guantanamo Bay has been closed as a detention facility and re-purposed into another function and the detainees consolidated," according to Navy Capt. John Filostrat, a public affairs officer with Joint Task Force GTMO. "Parts of Camp 5 will be converted to a detainee medical clinic to improve operations." Camp 5 was where "non-compliant" detainees were held, isolated in individual cells. I was in the last group of reporters to visit Camp 5 before the closing. The carefully guided tour did not allow us to see the detainees held there, but we were able to see unoccupied cells and the media room, where detainees could watch TV while shackled to the floor. One Guantanamo's Camp 5 Closes As Detainee Population Shrinkshttp://wvtf.org/post/guantanamos-camp-5-closes-detainee-population-shrinks
62676 as http://wvtf.orgThu, 08 Sep 2016 23:03:00 +0000 Guantanamo's Camp 5 Closes As Detainee Population ShrinksArun RathCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit NPR .Lawyers For Sept. 11 Plotters Try To Save Defendants From Death Penaltyhttp://wvtf.org/post/lawyers-sept-11-plotters-try-save-defendants-death-penalty
60305 as http://wvtf.orgWed, 03 Aug 2016 09:01:00 +0000Lawyers For Sept. 11 Plotters Try To Save Defendants From Death PenaltyArun RathCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Crowds Pay Tribute To Dallas' Fallen Officers At Makeshift Memorialhttp://wvtf.org/post/crowds-pay-tribute-dallas-fallen-officers-makeshift-memorial
58821 as http://wvtf.orgWed, 13 Jul 2016 09:07:00 +0000Crowds Pay Tribute To Dallas' Fallen Officers At Makeshift MemorialArun RathCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.For Mass. High School Students, New Transgender Rules Are The Old Normalhttp://wvtf.org/post/mass-high-school-students-new-transgender-rules-are-old-normal
54955 as http://wvtf.orgWed, 18 May 2016 09:02:00 +0000For Mass. High School Students, New Transgender Rules Are The Old NormalArun RathCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Ringling Brothers Officially Retires Circus Elephantshttp://wvtf.org/post/ringling-brothers-officially-retires-circus-elephants
53751 as http://wvtf.orgMon, 02 May 2016 20:41:00 +0000Ringling Brothers Officially Retires Circus ElephantsArun RathCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Boston Marathon Turns 120 — Just 3 Years After Deadly Bombinghttp://wvtf.org/post/boston-marathon-turns-120-just-3-years-after-deadly-bombing
52641 as http://wvtf.orgSun, 17 Apr 2016 21:15:00 +0000Boston Marathon Turns 120 — Just 3 Years After Deadly BombingArun Rathhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DNEgvjdM1k On Friday, the Dean of Harvard Law School, Martha Minow, endorsed a recommendation to change the school's official shield. That's because the shield contains the crest of Isaac Royall, a plantation owner, slave trader and justice of the peace from Antigua whose endowment of land helped establish the school. The recommendation came from a committee appointed by the Dean, but it was also one of several demands from a student group calling itself Reclaim Harvard Law, an organization that was part of a wave of protests that developed on campuses across the country last fall. The Royall family shield — three sheaths of wheat on a blue background — was adopted by Harvard in 1936 as part of a dedication of arms across the disciplines to commemorate the university's 300th birthday. Getting rid of the crest is just one of several demands from a student group calling itself Reclaim Harvard Law School. That organization was part a wave of protestHistory Of Slavery, Future Of Diversity Still At Issue At Harvardhttp://wvtf.org/post/history-slavery-future-diversity-still-issue-harvard
49863 as http://wvtf.orgSun, 06 Mar 2016 18:51:00 +0000History Of Slavery, Future Of Diversity Still At Issue At HarvardArun RathCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Yesterday, the dean of Harvard Law School endorsed a recommendation to change the school's official shield because it contains the crest of Isaac Royall, a slave owner whose endowment of land helped establish the school. The recommendation came from a committee appointed by the dean, but it was also one of several demands from a student group calling itself Reclaim Harvard Law, and organization that was part of a wave of protest movements that developed on campuses across the country last fall. Members of the group who've been occupying a student center for weeks applaud the shield recommendation. But they also say it's not enough. For NPR's Code Switch team, Arun Rath reports. ARUN RATH, BYLINE: The dozens of protesters who have occupied the student center since February haven't clashed with campus security or barricaded themselves inside, though there are some sleeping bags and chairs pushed together for theHarvard Law School's Crest Could Fall Beneath A Wave Of Student Protesthttp://wvtf.org/post/harvard-law-schools-crest-could-fall-beneath-wave-student-protest
49837 as http://wvtf.orgSat, 05 Mar 2016 22:03:00 +0000Harvard Law School's Crest Could Fall Beneath A Wave Of Student ProtestArun RathOn the drive to Fairview Cemetery in the Boston neighborhood of Hyde Park, six seniors from Roxbury Latin boys' school sit in silent reflection. Mike Pojman, the school's assistant headmaster and senior adviser, says the trip is a massive contrast to the rest of their school day, and to their lives as a whole right now. Today the teens have volunteered to be pallbearers for a man who died alone in September, and for whom no next of kin was found. He's being buried in a grave with no tombstone, in a city cemetery. "To reflect on the fact that there are people, like this gentleman, who probably knew hundreds or thousands of people through his life, and at the end of it there's nobody there — I think that gets to all of them," Pojman says. "Some have said, 'I just gotta make sure that never happens to me.' " The students, dressed in jackets and ties, carry the plain wooden coffin, and take part in a short memorial. They read together, as a group: "Dear Lord, thank you for opening our'Today We Are His Family': Teen Volunteers Mourn Those Who Died Alonehttp://wvtf.org/post/today-we-are-his-family-teen-volunteers-mourn-those-who-died-alone
48102 as http://wvtf.orgMon, 25 Jan 2016 10:12:00 +0000'Today We Are His Family': Teen Volunteers Mourn Those Who Died AloneArun RathUrban foraging might call to mind images of hipsters picking food out of the trash. But one group in Massachusetts eats only the finest, freshest produce. The League of Urban Canners harvests fruit from trees in Cambridge and Somerville and turns it into jam. Sam Christy, a local high school teacher, started the league four years ago. "I think the first year we thought if we can harvest maybe 50 quarts of jam. Ended up being 200 quarts, and then it sort of grew from there," he says. "We harvest roughly 4,000 pounds a year. We only measured it one year, but that's probably the average." The league harvests from trees on public and private land, always with permission. The property owners get back at least 10 percent of the fruit harvested, or the processed preserves. "It's a habit as a forager or a harvester in the city," says Amy Jarvis, a member of the league, who found a great apple tree next to a Whole Foods. "Once you get started, you first notice fallen fruit on the ground. That'sSwapping The Street For The Orchard, City Dwellers Take Their Pick Of Fruithttp://wvtf.org/post/swapping-street-orchard-city-dwellers-take-their-pick-fruit
45832 as http://wvtf.orgThu, 26 Nov 2015 22:18:00 +0000Swapping The Street For The Orchard, City Dwellers Take Their Pick Of FruitArun RathSunday is my last broadcast as host of Weekend All Things Considered at NPR West. I'm moving back to Boston, and with packing well underway, after the broadcast I'll be sleeping between piles of hastily labeled boxes. Weirdly, a couple of weeks ago I experienced a nightmare version of this very scene, when I attended a show called The Object Lesson at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, Calif. "This is not respectable theater. I don't even know if it is theater," jokes Geoff Sobelle, the creator and star of the show. Sobelle, whose background is in performance art and magic, has transformed the inside of the theater: There's no distinction between stage and seats, between performer and audience. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are everywhere — on the floor, covering the seats, stacked halfway to the rafters. And most of those boxes are labeled — "report cards," "8th through 12th grade," "packs of incomplete playing cards" — not that that helps make sense of anything. There's noOut Of 'The Object Lesson,' An Education In The Power Of Kept Thingshttp://wvtf.org/post/out-object-lesson-education-power-kept-things
43235 as http://wvtf.orgSun, 27 Sep 2015 22:13:00 +0000Out Of 'The Object Lesson,' An Education In The Power Of Kept ThingsArun RathCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARUN RATH, HOST: President Obama has arrived in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. Obama plans to take advantage of the gathering of world leaders to meet face-to-face with several of his counterparts. The most anticipated meeting he'll hold is with Russian president, Vladimir Putin. It comes as Russia has been getting more involved with the war in Syria, complicating U.S. efforts in the Middle East. NPR's Scott Horsley is traveling with the president and joins us now. Scott, at a glance, these two leaders don't seem to have much common ground. What do we expect? SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Well, tomorrow's meeting with Vladimir Putin has all the ingredients of a bad date. I mean, the White House has spent more than a year trying to isolate the Russian president hoping to punish his country for the military takeover of Crimea last year and Russia's ongoing meddling in eastern Ukraine. But now, events in Syria have really forced theObama Begins Visit To New York, With A Meeting With Putin On Itineraryhttp://wvtf.org/post/obama-begins-visit-new-york-meeting-putin-itinerary
43232 as http://wvtf.orgSun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +0000Obama Begins Visit To New York, With A Meeting With Putin On ItineraryArun RathCopyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: Life is intense for cadets at the Military Academy at West Point. With intense physical training and battle simulations, people can get hurt. And last month, one skirmish left 30 cadets with injuries, including 24 concussions, one report of a broken nose, one dislocated shoulder and lots of scrapes and bruises and blood. What caused the carnage? (SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING AND TRUMPET MUSIC) RATH: Pillows. (SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING AND TRUMPET MUSIC) RATH: The plebe pillow fight is an annual tradition, possibly dating back to 1897, according to The New York Times. The event is meant to build espirit de corps among the new classmates. It looks like a scene out of "Braveheart," with swords and shields switched out for pillows and mattresses. Things got out of hand when some cadets apparently added helmets and other hard objects to the pillowcases. Photos posted on social media revealed smiles and congratulations on the plebs'sPillow Fight Packs Some Pain, As Some Cadets Play Dirtyhttp://wvtf.org/post/pillow-fight-packs-some-pain-some-cadets-play-dirty
42295 as http://wvtf.orgSun, 06 Sep 2015 21:44:00 +0000Pillow Fight Packs Some Pain, As Some Cadets Play DirtyCopyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: Tonight was supposed to be a big night for Donald Trump. He was scheduled to speak to an important group of conservative activists in Atlanta. That was until he spoke on CNN last night. Trump criticized Fox News host Megyn Kelly for asking tough questions during Thursday's Republican debate. What Trump said may be offensive to some listeners. As you're about to hear, he seemed to suggest Kelly's tone had to do with menstruation. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD TRUMP: You know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. RATH: Trump says his comments had been misinterpreted. But according to conservative blogger Erick Erickson, Trump crossed a line of decency. Erickson is hosting the RedState Gathering in Atlanta, and he revoked Trump's invitation to speak. NPR's Sarah McCammon has more. SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: Erickson stood before the crowd this afternoon, readingFollowing Controversial Remarks, Trump Gets Uninvited To Conservative Confabhttp://wvtf.org/post/following-controversial-remarks-trump-gets-uninvited-conservative-confab
41083 as http://wvtf.orgSat, 08 Aug 2015 21:20:00 +0000Following Controversial Remarks, Trump Gets Uninvited To Conservative Confab